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<H3> <b> ECE/CS 552: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE</H3></b> <BR> 
(fall 1996-97)
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COURSE CONDUCT
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MEETING
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		 Time:  		 8:00am--9:30am Tuesdays and Thursdays
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		 Place: 		 2535 Engineering Hall.
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INSTRUCTOR
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		 Name:  		 Kewal K. Saluja
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		        		 (Possible guest lecturers for two lectures)
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		 Office: 		 4611 Engineering Hall, 262-6490, saluja@ece.wisc.edu
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		 Office hours: 		 Tentatively 9:30--10:30 TR
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		               		 2:30--4:00 TR
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TEACHING ASSISTANTS
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		 Name:  		 Mr. Dan Sorin
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		 Office:		 3614 Engineering Hall
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		 Office hours: 		 M 10:30-12, W 4:30-6
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		 Email:			 sorin@cae.wisc.edu
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REQUIRED TEXT
<UL><LI> D. Patterson and J. Hennessy, 
      <em> Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software
       Interface</em>, Morgan Kaufamann Publishers Inc., 1994.
<LI> Notes from Bob's Copy Shop.
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REFERENCE TEXT
<UL><LI> V. C. Hamacher, Z. G. Vrasenic and S. G. Zaky, 
      <em> Computer Organization</em>, McGraw-Hill, 3rd edition, 1990.
<LI> J. P. Hayes, <em> Computer Architecture and Organization</em>.
<LI> M. Mano, <em> Digital Design</em>, 2nd Edition.
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HOMEWORK
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There will be 5--6 homework assignments, thus there will be approximately
an assignment once every other week. 
In addition, there will be a small term project using the Mentor
Graphics Tool Suite on the HP 9000 workstations at CAE.
<b> NO</b> late submissions will be accepted 
except under extreme non-academic circumstances.
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Homeworks should be done neatly on <IMG  ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT="" SRC="img1.gif"> sheets of paper.
All logic diagrams should be drawn using either the Mentor Graphics Tool Suite
or other tools capable of producing high quality logic diagrams.
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EXAMINATIONS
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There will be one midterm and one final.
The midterm is on October 24, 1996.
The final is on December 17, 1996 at 10:05 a.m.
Both these exams will be closed book exams with a one-page one-sided 
cheat sheet allowed.
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GRADING
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<I>Course Account ece552 <BR>
Thu Sep  5 15:37:14 CDT 1996</I>
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